diff --git a/src/brotli/pkg.sh b/src/brotli/pkg.sh
index 343a211..1d78f56 100644
--- a/src/brotli/pkg.sh
+++ b/src/brotli/pkg.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FILES=("https://github.com/google/brotli/archive/v${VERSION}/brotli-${VERSION}.t
 HASHES=("3a6a3dba82a3604792d3cb0bd41bca60")
 
 # install and build depends
-DEPENDS=("glibc")
+DEPENDS=("glibc" "python3")
 BUILD=(
   "cmake" "pypa-build" "pypa-installer"
   "pypa-setuptools" "pypa-wheel"
diff --git a/src/pypi-markupsafe/pkg.sh b/src/pypi-markupsafe/pkg.sh
index 7ebd2ba..c17195c 100644
--- a/src/pypi-markupsafe/pkg.sh
+++ b/src/pypi-markupsafe/pkg.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FILES=("https://pypi.org/packages/source/M/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe-${VERSION}.tar.
 HASHES=("8fe7227653f2fb9b1ffe7f9f2058998a")
 
 # install and build depends
-DEPENDS=()
+DEPENDS=("python3")
 BUILD=()
 
 build(){